Reuben jones



R. JNBS- GAR COUPLING".

(No Model.)

No. 350,061. Patented Sept. 28. 1886.

QW@ @yM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN JONES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO CHARLESA. SINDALL, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,061, datedSeptember 28, 1886.

Application filed July 2, 1886. Serial No. 206,992. (No modvl.)

T all whom it may concern: their inner ends, and being provided withBeit known that I, REUBEN JONES, a citizen corresponding semicircularrecesses in their of the United States, residing at Atlanta, inlongitudinally-abutting surfaces, are fastened the county of Fulton andState of Georgia, have in their places by the pin 11, which is prefer-55 inventedanew and useful Gar-Coupling; and I ably tapering for thepurpose of keying them do hereby declare the following to be a full,against the sides of the hole in the pinlifting clear, and exactdescription of the invention, arm. The pin 11 also acts as a stop topresuch as will enable others skilled in the art to Vent the pin beinglifted out of the hole in the which it appertains to make and use thesame, draw-head. rI`he outer end of the arm 9 is con- 6o ro referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawnected to the pin 3 by a link, 12. Itis also ings, and to letters or figures of reference provided with aneye, to which is attached the marked thereon, which form a part of thisend of the chain 13, which is intended to be specification. extended tothe top of the car or other con- 'Ihis invention relates to that classof car- Venient position from which it may be desir- 65 couplingscommonly known as piu-and-link able to lift the pin when the operator ison the couplings, and has more especial reference to car. On the innerside of the lugs 9 are the the improvement for which Letters Patent ofshoulders 14 to sustain the link-lifter, as will the United States weregranted to me on the be hereinafter described. th day of May, 1886, No.342,517; and it To the eye-pins 10, by which the pin-lifting 7o 2oconsists of improved means. for operating the arm is pivoted, areconnected by eyes the rocklink-lifter and pin-lifter, and for holdingthe shafts 15, having levers at their outer ends, by latter in position,as will be hereinafter fully means of which the pin is controlled from adescribed. position at the side of the car. The rock- In theaccompanying drawings, Figure I is shafts 15 and 7 are journaled neartheir outer 75 25 a side View of two draw-heads, mostly in secends, thepreferable way being, when the contion, showing the position of theparts. Fig. struction of the car will admit, by eyebolts II is a topView showing the pin-lifter on the screwed into the projecting sills.The drawdraw-head and the shoulders on the lugs on head is provided witha fiat surface to abut which the pin-lifting arm rests to hold the pinagainst the dead-block 16, for the purpose of 8o 3o up. Fig. III is atopView, and Fig. IV a side receiving the shock of the concussion of theView, ofthe pin-lifter and contiguous parts of draw-heads. thedraw-head, and especially the means by On account of the diversity offorms in which the pin is sustained, if desired, when which draw-headsare constructed, sometimes up. Fig. V is a top View of the link-lifter.not having metal at their sides in which to 85 3 5 Fig. VI is aperspective showing one part of pivotthelink-lifter, Ihavedevised thismethod the draw-gear on a car, and the rock-shafts of pivoting-namely,by a downwardly-proand arms for operating the same. Fig. VII is jectinglever, which can be applied to all a detail showing the ends oftheeye-pins that forms of draw-heads, and which also provides enter thepin-lifting arm. for the connecting rock-shafts from the link- 9o 4o Inthese figures, 1 is a draw-head; 2 and 3, lifter to the lever, passingunder the projectthe coupling link and pin of a draw-gear. ing timbersof the car. It is also found that 4 is a ball, which is provided with arecess, as pin-lifters are usually constructed and at- 5, in thedrawhead. tached to the body of the car they cannot be 6 is alink-lifter, on the rear end of which is readily adapted to fiat cars,and in any case 95 a downwardly/'projecting lever which passes do notperform their functions properly on acthrough a hole in the bottom ofthe draw-head, count of the varying distance the draw-head and has atits lower end an eye to which is is from the end of the car at differenttimes. connected the rock-shafts 7. It is often desirable to push a car,but not to The pin-lifter 8 is pivoted to the lugs 9 by couple to it. Ihave therefore provided shoulioo 5o means of the eye-pins 10, which areput in ders on the lugs9 by recessing the lugs on the from each side,and being halved together on inner sides, by reason of which thepin-lifting arm, on being raised slightly higher than is required forany other purpose, has lateral play, and may be forced by either pushingor pulling on the rock-shafts 15 onto either of these shoulders. The pin11 projects on the rear end sufficiently io prevent the pin beingentirely Withdrawn by abutting on the upright flange 17, as shown inFig. IV.

Referring tomy former patent, No. 342,517,

the operation of coupling and uncoupling cars provided With this deviceis similar, except that in this the coupling-pin may be sustained in araised position, if so desired, and the pin may be manipulated from aposition on the car by means of the chain 13, and the manner ofconnecting the operating-handle at the corner of the car with thelink-lifting apparatus is different, and on many accounts better, as isalso the arrangement'of' the pin-lifter on the draw-head, for reasonsalready stated.

What, therefore, lclaim as new, and desire to secure by .Letters Patentof the United States, is-

1. In the draw-gear of a railway-car, the combination of the draw-head,coupling pin and link, With `a U-shaped link lifter, having and links 2and 3, the balls 4, the link-litters 6,

having downWardly-projecting levers 18, and roclrshafts 7, thepin-lifting arm 8, the rockshafts 15, and the pin 11 to prevent theWithdrawal of the coupling-pin, all arranged substantially as describedand shown, and for the purpose specified. A

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two Witnesses. Y

REUBEN JONES.

Witnessfs: ,Y

A. P. WOOD, A. FLonRsH.

